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NY Design Week 09: Reeves Design at ICFF

By Carl Alviani - May 18, 2009

in NY Design Week 09

In all of the discussion about the negative effects of outsourcing, one solution rarely discussed is the hands-on one. John Reeves, founder of a small furniture manufacturing company that bears his name, dealt with the concerns of poor offshore working conditions by moving to Vietnam and starting a fabrication shop in person, building some fantastic, durable furniture along the way. The chairs, tables and benches he produces with his Vietnamese co-workers are cast in aluminum sourced from recycled engine blocks and conduit, and the results are curvaceous, solid and thoroughly modern. One of the most seductive examples of sustainable manufacturing we've seen at the Javits this year, and the sort of object that might, as John points out, be "dug up from a field 500 years from now," still perfectly serviceable. >>Use our Essential Guide to NY Design Week 2009 to find the best stuff (Mobile version for your phone too!) >>View all of Core77's New York Design Week 09 coverage

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